Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda disposed of the Cooperative Bank, which started operations in 1997, the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE, heard on Thursday. Hannington Wasswa, the Director Commercial Banking in Bank of Uganda disclosed this while responding to a query by COSASE Chairperson, …
Read More »Greenland bank shareholders demand accountability of assets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of former shareholders of Greenland Bank have demanded that the Central Bank accounts for the entire period the institution has been under liquidation. The bank was in 1999 put under liquidation by the Central Bank which could later on 5th December 1998 take …
Read More »DFCU Bank sued for failure to payoff Crane Bank debts
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Commercial Court has summoned DFCU bank to file a defence within 15 days explaining why it has refused to pay debts that were incurred by the now closed Crane Bank. This follows a suit filed by an advertising company Premier Advertsing and media Ltd …
Read More »Govt ordered to defend itself in Ssemwanga funeral court case
Government given 15 days to defend itself in the Ivan ‘Don’ Ssemwanga funeral money court case The High Court in Kampala has given the Attorney General and Bank of Uganda 15 days to file a written defence explaining why they never restrained socialites from the self styled “Rich Gang” from …
Read More »ANALYSIS: ‘You destroyed economy’
Experts tell Museveni, Mutebile, Muhakanizi President Yoweri Museveni’s unchecked spending and the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Uganda efforts to clean have created a lope-sided economy that is hurting everyone. That is the view of several economists interviewed by The Independent. Dr. Lawrence Bategeka, formerly a researcher at the …
Read More »BOU: Crane Bank will not collapse
Bank of Uganda has moved to assure customers that Crane Bank will not collapse in spite of its current challenges. BoU took over the management of Crane Bank on Oct 20 citing under-capitalization. Speaking during the Annual Bankers Dinner in Kampala, BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile (Pictured) said that it was …
Read More »Rethinking the banking industry
THE LAST WORD: By Andrew M. Mwenda Lesson for Central Bank from the experience of the takeover of Crane Bank This week, the government injected Shs 200 billion into Crane Bank to bolster its liquidity position. This is only 40% of the Shs 500 billion needed to bring the bank …
Read More »VIDEO: Bank of Uganda reduces Central Bank Rate to 13%
VIDEO: Bank of Uganda governor Prof Emmanuel Mutebile has announced a 1 percentage point reduction in the CBR to 13% from 14% in the month of August as BOU continues to lower the Central Borrowing Rate with the hope of supporting domestic economic growth especially amidst the ongoing global economic slowdown. According to …
Read More »Exchange rate qualms in October
The first week of October has not been smooth sailing for the Uganda shilling. By close of the trading week that ended Oct. 07, the local currency had run down from Shs 3,385/3,395 on Sept.30 to Shs 3,405/3,415 to the US dollar, representing a loss of Shs 20. This is …
Read More »Uganda’s financial inclusion success
Uganda is one of the top performers in financial inclusion, according to the US-based Brookings Finance and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP). Uganda was ranked 5th among the 26 countries surveyed with the success being attributed to a strong level of mobile money adoption and the amendment of the Financial Institutions …
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